Press Releases

12/7/2017

BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney
General Jeff Landry’s Cyber Crime Unit (CCU) has arrested two men in Baton
Rouge for child pornography, including one suspect on 150 counts.

“My office is committed to making Louisiana a safer
place,” said General Landry. “We will continue to do all that we legally
can to bring child predators to justice.”

John Opperman, 34
of Baton Rouge, was arrested on 150 counts
of Sexual Abuse Images/Videos of children. He was arrested and booked into the
East Baton Rouge Parish Jail following a joint investigation between General
Landry’s CCU, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Homeland Security
Investigations (HSI), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Louisiana
State Police (LSP), and the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD).

Michael Gonzales,
25 of Baton Rouge, was arrested on one count
of Sexual abuse Images/Videos of children. He was also arrested and booked into
the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail following a joint investigation between General
Landry’s CCU, the FBI, HSI, the LSP, and the BRPD.

If anyone has additional information or concerns about
the alleged offenders, please call the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation at
800-256-4506. Callers do not have to give their names.